TWRA: Body of 19-year-old recovered after incident at Watts Bar Reservoir

ROANE COUNTY, Tennessee – The body of a 19-year-old was recovered from the Watts Bar Reservoir shortly after 2 a.m. Sunday.

According to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, Braeden Hartup, a Roane County resident, jumped from a boat and did not resurface. Hartup and 10 others were on an anchored pontoon near the Winton Chapel Access Area.

Witnesses reported to 911 that Hartup attempted to swim and jumped into the water from the front of the boat without a life jacket.

Officials from the TWRA and other local agencies recovered his body using a remote-controlled vehicle and transported it to the Knox County Coroner’s Office.

The TWRA investigation is still ongoing.

This is the eighth fatal boating accident this year.